Victims of Tel Aviv Terror attack: two friends in their 20s
Tomer Morad (right) and Eytam Magini
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Two Israeli citizens were killed Thursday night in a shooting attack along Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Street, the fourth terror attack in two weeks.
The victims were identified as Tomer Morad, 28, and Eytam Magini, 27, both from the central Israeli city of Kfar Saba but who lived in Tel Aviv. Their funeral will be held on Sunday in Kfar Saba.
A friend of theirs, Avi Benvenisti, said “We knew that if after 45 minutes we didn’t get a response from them, that it was them. If they could have, they would have been in contact.”
“Even if they were missing a hand they would have sent a message saying they were fine,” he added. “Ultimately, you get no answer for two or three hours and you put two and two together.”
Since the morning, dozens of civilians have arrived at the scene of the attack on Dizengoff Street, lighting candles and leaving bouquets of flowers.
עשרות אזרחים מגיעים לבר האילקה בו בוצע הפיגוע משעות הבוקר. חלקם עם עינים דומעות וכולם עם עיניים טרוטות, הם מניחים פרחים ומדליקים נרות בשקט. pic.twitter.com/bmUECQOptG
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The Kfar Saba municipality stated that it “bows its head in great pain and shares in the heavy grief of the families of those killed in yesterday’s attack in Tel Aviv.”
“The entire city of Kfar Saba embraces the families and sends support to the wounded,” the city statement read.
According to the municipality, the families of Morad and Magini have been offered social services since the time of the attack, including attending social workers.
On Thursday night, a Palestinian assailant opened fire on patrons at Ilka bar on Tel Aviv’s busy Dizengoff Street and managed to escape.
After an overnight manhunt that lasted about eight and a half hours, the assailant, 28-year-old Raad Hazem, a resident of the Jenin refugee camp, was found hiding near a mosque in Jaffa and was shot dead by security forces.
Ten were injured in the attack and were evacuated to Ichilov, Wolfson and Sheba hospitals. Eight wounded are currently hospitalized at Ichilov Hospital, including one in critical condition.
As of now, eight victims are hospitalized at Ichilov Medical Center; one is still in critical condition, three in serious condition and four in light-to-moderate condition.
This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission.
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